Did you know that Power Patrons can FTK in multiple ways?

Within days of the new Blazing Dominion format, a few lucky players managed to top multiple regionals with the Power Patron FTK, using copies of Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Max to burn for a total of 8000 LPs. Everyone is familiar with the power that the Railway archetype has in the game, especially all the way back in 2013 with Fusion Gate and Chain Material. This First Turn Kill appeared the same weekend of release for Blazing Dominion, and only a few have used it to success, and it has evolved more than what the FTK could do. As the TCG awaits the imports for the Revolution Booster: Toons/Witchcrafter/Unchained set, we will be looking at the hyper consistent Power Patron FTK. These combos have been tested thoroughly to ensure that they physically work, from players who competed using these lines in their deck lists at Regional and YCS-level events.

The Important Cards to the FTK

With having 2 ways to FTK with the same end result, every Power Patron card is extremely important to the combo as you rotate through multiple copies of each.

This FTK is centered around Xyz Summoning Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Max multiple times throughout the combo to deal the maximum amount of damage. Through the combo you can Xyz Summon multiple copies and recycle them to achieve the end goal of burning for 8000 LPs total.

Beyond the Pendulum is an important Link Monster that allows you to search for any of the missing pieces you need for your combo, from Shade the Obscure to even Vidolium the Unstable Power Patron of Unity. Which also depends on if you start just with Medius the Pure or Prohibited Power Patron Portal – Terminus.

Even though being the only Common of the four Power Patron Pendulum Monsters, Jupredo the Shademachine Power Patron is one of the best Power Patrons in the Deck as it can search any Power Patron or DoomZ Spell/Trap from your Deck to your hand, which adds additional ways to find either Prohibited Power Patron Portal – Terminus or Plundered Power Patron Plane – Vidolia from your Deck to your hand.

The TCGs First Turn Kill #1

For the first Power Patron FTK combo, it gets extremely complex, but this is a step-by-step guide on how to achieve it:

This FTK only needs 1 Medius the Pure, 1 Spell/Trap to discard, and 1 other card.

1. Normal Summon Medius the Pure and activate its effect.
2. Special Summon Nervedo the Shadebeast Power Patron from your Deck.
3. Send the Spell/Trap from your hand to the GY and your Nervedo from the field to the Extra Deck to Special Summon Artmage Non-Finito.
4. Chain Link 1 Nervedo to Special Summon Jupredo the Shademachine Power Patron, Chain Link 2 Artmage Non-Finito to set Artmage Impasto -Recapture- to a Non-Pendulum Zone.
5. Use Jupredo the Shademachine’s effect to banish the top 3 cards of your Deck to destroy itself, and put it to the Extra Deck, and then Special Summon Jupiter the Power Patron of Destruction from your Extra Deck, then attach the other card you have from your hand.
6. Jupredo the Shademachine’s effect activates when it’s added to the Extra Deck to be added to the Extra Deck to search a DoomZ or a Power Patron card, being Prohibited Power Patron Portal – Terminus.
7. Activate Terminus to send Junoldo the Shadespirit Power Patron to add a copy of Vidolium the Unstable Power Patron of Unity from your Deck to your hand.
8. Activate Vidolium to one of your Pendulum Scale Zones, and then use its effect to Special Summon 1 Power Patron from your GY, being the just sent Junoldo, and destroy the Vidolium itself.
9. Vidolium’s other effect will activate when it’s added to the Extra Deck to search 1 Power Patron card from your Deck to your hand, so you can search an additional copy of Nervedo the Shadebeast Power Patron.
10. Next, Link your Medius the Pure and your Special Summoned copy of Junoldo the Shadespirit Power Patron to Link Summon Beyond the Pendulum.
11. Junoldo will trigger for Chain Link 2 to add a Power Patron card from your face-up Extra Deck or GY to your hand, which allows you to add another copy of Nervedo the Shadebeast Power Patron, and then Beyond the Pendulum will use its effect as Chain Link 1, to pay 1200 LPs and then add 1 Pendulum Monster from your Deck to your hand being Shade the Obscure, .
12. Place both Shade the Obscure and Nervedo the Shadebeast Power Patron in your Pendulum Scales and then Pendulum Summon from your hand the other copy of Nervedo the Shadebeast Power Patron and Jupredo the Shademachine Power Patron and Junoldo the Shadespirit Power Patron from your Extra Deck to the zone Beyond the Pendulum’s Link Zones.
13. Then Link away the Beyond the Pendulum and Nervedo the Shadebeast Power Patron to Link Summon Exceed the Pendulum.
14. Use the effect of Exceed the Pendulum on Link Summon to add a face-up Pendulum monster from your Extra Deck to your hand, once again being the copy of Nervedo the Shadebeast Power Patron.
15. Overlay both Jupredo the Shademachine Power Patron and Junoldo the Shadespirit Power Patron into your first Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Max, to then use its effect to inflict 2000 Damage to your opponents LPs by detaching the Jupredo the Shademachine Power Patron from it. (2000 Life Points Damaged).
16. Then you detach 1 material from Jupiter the Power Patron of Destruction to Special Summon 1 DoomZ monster from your GY being the sent Jupredo.
17. Use Medius the Pure’s effect in the GY to return the Gustav Max back to your Extra Deck to Special Summon himself from your GY.
18. Use Exceed the Pendulum’s effect to Special Summon 1 Power Patron monster from your hand or GY, to revive the copy of Junoldo the Shadespirit Power Patron from your GY.
19. When Junoldo is Special Summoned, use the effect of Shade the Obscure in the Pendulum Scale to add itself back to your hand when a monster with 1000 ATK or less is Special Summoned.
20. Overlay both Junoldo the Shadespirit Power Patron and Jupredo the Shademachine Power Patron into the second Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Max, to then use its effect to inflict 2000 Damage to your opponents LPs. (4000 Life Points Damaged).
21. Activate Shade the Obscure effect in the hand to Special Summon itself since you control a card in your Pendulum Zone.
22. Link both Medius the Pure and Shade the Obscure to Link Summon Rahamu, Envoy of the Sacred Tome.
23. Use Rahamu’s effect to Normal Summon 1 Level 5 or higher monster from your hand without tributing being your Nervedo the Shadebeast Power Patron.
24. Then Link both Jupiter the Power Patron of Destruction and Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Max, to Link Summon a copy of Double Headed Anger Knuckle.
25. Use Anger Knuckle to send itself to the GY to Special Summon a copy of Jupredo the Shademachine Power Patron from your GY.
26. Overlay both Nervedo the Shadebeast Power Patron and Jupredo the Shademachine Power Patron into the third Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Max, to then use its effect to inflict 2000 Damage to your opponents LPs. (6000 Life Points Damaged).
27. Link away both Exceed the Pendulum and the Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Max to Link Summon Charmer Quartet in Bloom.
28. Use Charmer Quartet in Bloom’s effect to Special Summon 2 Level 10 monsters from your GY, which have to be both Nervedo the Shadebeast Power Patron and Junoldo the Shadespirit Power Patron, But they cannot be used for Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, or Link Summon this turn.
29. Use Junoldo the Shadespirit Power Patron’s effect to banish the top 3 cards of your Deck to destroy itself and Special Summon Junora the Power Patron of Tuning from your Extra Deck.
30. Use Nervedo the Shadebeast Power Patron’s effect to banish the top 3 cards of your Deck to destroy itself and Special Summon Nerva the Power Patron of Creation from your Extra Deck.
31. Overlay both Junora the Power Patron of Tuning and Nerva the Power Patron of Creation into the fourth Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Max, to then use its effect to inflict 2000 Damage to your opponents LPs. This final Gustav does the last 2000 Damage to deal a total of 8000 Life Points Damaged.

This combo will deal exactly 8000 LP of damage just from this combo alone.

The TCGs First Turn Kill #2

For the second Power Patron FTK combo, it gets complex, but this is a step-by-step guide on how to achieve it:

Note: This version of the combo is extremely susceptible to Droll & Lock Bird and Nibiru, the Primal Being.

This combo only needs 1 copy of Pendulum Treasure:

1. Activate Pendulum Treasure adding a copy of Jupredo the Shademachine Power Patron from your Deck to your Extra Deck.
2. Use the effect of Jupredo the Shademachine Power Patron to add a copy of Prohibited Power Patron Portal – Terminus from your Deck to your hand.
3. Active Terminus to send a copy of Vidolium the Unstable Power Patron of Unity from your Deck to your GY, to add Medius the Pure from your Deck to your hand, since it is a DARK Fairy monster.
4. Normal Summon Medius the Pure to Special Summon a copy of Junoldo the Shadespirit Power Patron from your Deck.
5. Link away both Medius the Pure and Junoldo the Shadespirit Power Patron to Link Summon Beyond the Pendulum.
6. Junoldo the Shadespirit Power Patron will trigger for Chain Link 2 to add a Power Patron card from your face-up Extra Deck or GY to your hand, which allows you to add Vidolium the Unstable Power Patron of Unity from your GY to your hand, and then Beyond the Pendulum will use its effect as Chain Link 1, to pay 1200 LPs and then add 1 Pendulum Monster from your Deck to your hand being Junoldo the Shadespirit Power Patron.
7. Place both Vidolium the Unstable Power Patron of Unity and Junoldo the Shadespirit Power Patron in your Pendulum Scales.
8. Pendulum Summon both Jupredo the Shademachine Power Patron and Junoldo the Shadespirit Power Patron from your Extra Deck to the Zones Beyond the Pendulum points too.
9. Link away both Junoldo the Shadespirit Power Patron and Beyond the Pendulum to Link Summon Exceed the Pendulum, to then use her effect to add Junoldo the Shadespirit Power Patron from your Extra Deck to your hand.
10. Use Exceed the Pendulum’s effect to Special Summon Junoldo the Shadespirit Power Patron from your hand. 
11. When Junoldo the Shadespirit Power Patron is Special Summoned, use the effect of Junoldo the Shadespirit Power Patron in your Pendulum Scale to destroy itself to draw 2 cards, then discard 1 card.
12. Using both Jupredo the Shademachine Power Patron and Junoldo the Shadespirit Power Patron to Xyz Summon a copy of Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Max. Then detach 1 material from this card to inflict 2000 LPs to your opponent. (2000 Life Points Dealt).
13. Use the Pendulum Scale effect of Vidolium the Unstable Power Patron of Unity to destroy itself and Special Summon 1 Power Patron monster from your hand or GY, to revive either Jupredo the Shademachine Power Patron and Junoldo the Shadespirit Power Patron depending on which one you detach from Gustav Max.
14. Activate the effect of Vidolium, since it was added to the Extra Deck, to add 1 Power Patron card from your Deck to your hand, which will be the Plundered Power Patron Plane – Vidolia.
15. Activate Vidolia to your Field Spell Zone, to then use its effect and reveal Nerva the Power Patron of Creation, and banish a card from your hand face-down to Special Summon the Nervedo the Shadebeast Power Patron from your Deck.
16. Using both Nervedo the Shadebeast Power Patron and Junoldo the Shadespirit Power Patron to Xyz Summon a copy of Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Max. Then detach 1 material from this card, your Junoldo the Shadespirit Power Patron, to inflict 2000 LPs to your opponent. (4000 Life Points Dealt).
17. Use Medius the Pure’s effect to return a copy of Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Max to Special Summon Medius from the GY.
18. Link away both Exceed the Pendulum and Medius the Pure to Link Summon Charmer Quartet in Bloom.
19. Use Charmer Quartet in Bloom to Special Summon both Nervedo the Shadebeast Power Patron and Junoldo the Shadespirit Power Patron.
20. Use Nervedo the Shadebeast Power Patron’s effect to banish the top 3 cards of your Deck to destroy itself and Special Summon Nerva the Power Patron of Creation from your Extra Deck.
21. Nervedo the Shadebeast Power Patron’s effect activates when it is added to the Extra Deck to Special Summon a copy of Jupredo the Shademachine Power Patron from your Deck.
22. Use Junoldo the Shadespirit Power Patron’s effect to banish the top 3 cards of your Deck to destroy itself and Special Summon Junora the Power Patron of Tuning from your Extra Deck.
23. Overlay both Junora the Power Patron of Tuning and Nerva the Power Patron of Creation into the third Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Max, to then use its effect to inflict 2000 Damage to your opponents LPs. (6000 Life Points Dealt).
24. Link away both Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Max’s you control to Link Summon a copy of Double Headed Anger Knuckle.
25. Use Anger Knuckles effect to send itself to the GY to Special Summon the copy of Jupredo the Shademachine Power Patron from your GY.
26. Overlay both copies of Jupredo the Shademachine Power Patron you control to Xyz Summon your fourth Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Max, to then use its effect to inflict 2000 Damage to your opponents LPs. (8000 Life Points Dealt).

This combo will also deal exactly 8000 LP of damage just from this combo alone. This article will provide a sample deck list for you to try it out and learn this combo to see where the points of interactions are to stop the FTK.

Sample Deck List:

Questions and Answers

How consistent is the current version of the FTK?

– This FTK is extremely consistent, as you either need to open up a single copy of Medius the Pure or a copy of Pendulum Treasure.

What is the main card that makes this FTK possible?

– The main card that makes this FTK possible is Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Max still being Unlimited, at 3 copies per Deck, as it is the main way you burn your opponent’s life points away.

What are some of the best options to shutdown this FTK?

– With the Deck being able to set a copy of Artmage Impasto -Recapture- from the Artmage Non-Finito, with it also being on the field and being able to have a Nervedo the Shadebeast Power Patron scaled for a majority of the combo, it’s hard to pinpoint the best places to shut down the FTK.

– Droll & Lock Bird can play a huge part against this Deck as it shuts down most of their searching the Deck provides and could cut them to make a pivot to a different combo.

– You can always use a copy of Infinite Impermanence, Ash Blossom & Joyous Springs, or Effect Veiler on the Normal Summon of Medius the Pure so they have to find an additional way to get a copy of Nervedo the Shadebeast Power Patron to the field. This is because they will always use Artmage Non-Finito as Chain Link 2 to chain block their Nervedo effect.

When is this combo most useful in matches?

– It’s either used as a surprise for Game 1, but if the opponent opens no interaction like Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, Mulcharmy Fuwalos, Droll & Lock Bird, or similarly used cards, this can consistently FTK every game.

Other Notes

In the OCG there is currently an FTK they have legal with the new Zenna-no-Tsuinagihime (YGOrganization Translation)

Link-5 Link Monster that allows them to send a copy of Lyrilusc – Independent Nightingale from their Extra Deck to the GY. With the Power Patron monsters being DARK Attributes, they can be Tributed to Special Summon copies of Supreme King Dragon Starving Venom to copy the Lyrilusc – Independent Nightingale in the GY to deal 4000 LPs a piece, causing a quick FTK.

In the OCG, they also have been using a single copy of Darklord Nurse Reficule in their Side Decks to combat the heavy use of Ghost Sister & Spooky Dogwood. This causes the Life Points the opponent would gain from Spooky Dogwood to be inflicted on them instead, making yet another form of an FTK.

The Conclusion

With Blazing Dominion being added to the format, it brought a ton of interesting cards and techs out into the game once again. Even Trains themselves can also FTK using 3 copies of Gustva Max themselves since they can also recycle the card too. With the new Shade the Obscure, it also brought a new level, giving every Pendulum Deck a Scale of 11, the High Scale, and a way to search any DARK Fairy in the game with Prohibited Power Patron Portal – Terminus which helps in gaining access to cards like Shade the Obscure or Medius the Pure.